Washing-machine.



I. D. BUUK.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 26, 1912.

Patented June 2, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAIAH D. BUCK, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 WILLIAM SMEDLEY AND GEORGE NOWLANILOF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Patented June 2, 1914.

Application filed June 26, 1912. Serial No. 705,980.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAIAH D, Boon, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a washing machine which is composed of a body adapted to be rocked over the articles to be washed, and by the created pressure thereon cause suction in said body so as to draw the water through said articles and thus soften and loosen the uncleanliness therein and remove it therefrom, said body being adapted to create a vacuum alternately therein, thus occasioning said suction, the construction of the parts accomplishing the above and other features of the device being hereinafter described.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific arrangement and organization shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a washing machine Or device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 represents a partial side elevation and partial vertical section of the upper portion of the handle of the device. Fig. 4 represents a vertical section of the lower portion of said handle, and parts connected therewith. Fig. 5 repre sents a perspective view of members of said handle in separated condition.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings: 1 designates a rocker which is composed of a hollow body 2 having a rounded bottom 3 and a diaphragm 4 vertically within the body forming the latter into separate compartments 5, the wall of said body being preferably composed of a piece of sheet metal bent into the required shape to comprise said bottom 3 and the sides and top members of the body, said top members having their ends meeting on said diaphragm forming the joint 6 at the top of the body where said ends are firmly secured to the adjacent end of the diaphragm 4. The end walls of the body are secured to the relative end portions of the bottom, sides and top members, thus rendering the body comparatively closed excepting where it is perforated and provided with ports as will be hereinafter described. In order to cover said oint and render the same air and water tight, there is placed over said oint the longitudinallyextending cleat 7 from which rises the handle 8, the latter having at its bottom the flanges 9 which by means of bolts or screws 10 are firmly secured to said cleat, the latter serving also to stiffen the top of the body 2 which is also subjected to considerable strain owing to the leverage of said handle. In the bottom of said body are perforations or ports 11 and in the ends of said body are ports 12, the latter 12 being adapted to be closed by the flap valves 13 which are secured to the adjacent portions of the wall of said body. In the sides of the body 2 near the upper ends thereof are the ports 14 which are adapted to be closed by the fiap valves 15 which are secured to the adjacent portions of the wall of said body. The top side and end walls of said body are thus closed tightly,.excepting, however, at the place of occupation of the respective ports 12 and 14 and as is evident at the perforated bottom.

In order to secure the cleat 7 to the body 2, I employ the screws 16 which are passed through said cleat and the end portions of the top of the body on opposite sides of the joint '6 into the top of the diaphragm 4 thereby connecting the top of the body with the diaphragm and the cleat, and thus the top of the body is rendered strong, durable, well-supported and braced, and the joint 6 kept tightly closed. The handle consists of the grip 17 the segmental clamp 18, divided lips 19, and the column 20. The clamp em braces freely the neck 21 of the grip 17. The members of the lips 19 are downward continuations of the ends of the clamp 18, and they are fitted on the upper end of the column 20 and-riveted thereto thus firmly connecting the grip with the column and allowing the former to turn with the grasping hands when rocking motions are imparted to the body. The column is formed of metal corrugated or cross shaped in the direction of its length providing increased strength therefor, and its lower end has thereon the flanges 9 which are connected with the cleat 7, as has been stated, the cleat being preferably wood. The sides of the lips 19 are pressed outwardly forming the beads 22 which embrace the adjacent wings of the corrugated column 20, forming a strong connection for said lips with said column while the beads in a measure corrugate or crimp the lips and increase the strength thereof.

The operation is as follows: The articles to be washed are placed in a tub with suitable water and soap and the device superimposed on said articles and rocked thereover to the right and left whereby the water enters alternately the compartments 5 and discharges therefrom back into the tub. As the right hand compartment presses the articles, water is drawn through the ports 5 into said compartment, and as the valves 13 and 15 of the right hand compartment are thereby opened by pressure from within said compartment, the ports 12 and lt are uncovered. and thus the soapy water will be sucked as by a vacuum action into the compartment, it being drawn through the articles and so loosening and softening the unclean matter in the same, this being assisted by the compression of the articles occasioned by the body rocking thereon. The unclean matter is thus removed trom the articles and uniting with the water is driven through the compartment and it is retiu'ned to the tub through the ports 12 and 1st. Then, the left hand compartment descends and so is brought into the service. As the right hand compartment rises the ports I2- and Id are covered by the closing valves. As the left hand compartment presses down the articles, the soapy water is directed upwardly into the former, it acting on said articles similar to that first named, so the compartments act alternately as long as the rocking of the device continues. As the cleat rests on the top of the body on opposite sides of the joint 6 at the ends of said top, the screws 16 are staggered in said cleat so that they pass through both of said sides into the diaphragm below them thus firmly connecting the diaphragm and cleat with said sides, forming a strong structure at the LOP of said body and preventing separation of said sides at said joint. As the compartments rise they are comparatively emptied of the soapy water by the vacuum created therein due to prior inrush of said water when the compartments compress the articles that are being washed, and thus the rocking of the device may be accomplished with ease. The rounded bottom supports the machine and prevents the articles from being squeezed into the body and clogging the same, and so the rocking of the body may be continued over said articles Without stopping to clear the body. Furthermore, the perforated bottom presses down tightly upon said articles and causes greater compression of the latter. Besides, when the machine is in use the body is subjected to much strain and so it must be strengthened. This is done in part by the central diaphragm on which the crown of the body is supported and against which the center of the bottom wall abuts. The cleat connects the ends of the top wall of the body and prevents separation of said ends from each other and from said diaphragm and forms a strong device for carrying the handle of the machine.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a washing machine, a hollow body comprising end walls and a bottom, sides and top members formed of a continuous piece of material, said bottom being rounded and having air and water inlets therein, a vertically-arranged diaphragm centrally in said body dividing the same into separate side compartments independent or" each other, said bottom being secured to the lower end of said diaphragm, and the ends of said top members meeting at the upper end or" said diaphragm forming a joint thereat and being secured thereto, and means for 010s ing said joint, the upper portion of said body having air and water outlet ports therein and valves therefor.

2. In a washing machine, a hollow rocking body, a vertically-arranged diaphragm therein forming separate side compartments in said body, independent oi each other, each compartment having in its top air and water outlet ports and valves therefor, said body being composed of end walls and a bottom, sides and top members formed of a continuous piece of material, said bottom being rounded and having air and water inlets therein and being secured centrally to the lower end of said diaphragm the edges or said top members meeting on the upper end of said diaphragm and being secured thereto, and a handle-carrying-cleat on said top members secured to the same and to the top of said diaphragm and forming a tight covering for the joint of said members.

ISAIAH D. BUCK.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDE-RSHEIM, N. BUSSINGER.

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